Is Self-Reported Height or Arm Span a More Accurate Alternative Measure of Height?

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 417-432

  Brown, Jean K ^a   Feng, Jui Ying ^a   Knapp, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SURFACE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SURFACE AREA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036835105     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105477302237454     Document Type: Article

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